Gerard Meijssen wrote:
I was curious and had a look there is this "PUBLIC FUND ON THE REGISTER OF CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS" thingie I would think that it might fit the bill. Then again what do I know I live in cloggie land :)
I thought that was the closest one too. But I didn't think Wikipedia fit the description:
"its principal purpose is the promotion of literature, music, a performing art, a visual art, a craft, design, film, video, television, radio, community arts, Aboriginal arts or movable cultural heritage"
Do we promote literature? Well, it depends on your definition of literature, but it seems like a long shot. A list of registered organisations is available at:
http://www.dcita.gov.au/arts/arts/?a=24048
Even if we overcame that hurdle, there's a second one which is just as scary, which is that we'd have to be considered to be "in Australia":
: To be in Australia, the applicant (or the relevant part of the : applicant's organisation) must: : : * be established in and operating in Australia, and : * have its purposes and beneficiaries in Australia. : : Purposes or beneficiaries do not have to be in Australia if a fund is: : : * an overseas aid fund, or : * a public fund on the Register of Environmental Organisations. : : For these funds, it is still necessary that the fund itself be : established and operating in Australia.
And an overseas aid fund must be "solely for the relief of people in a country declared by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to be a developing country," so we wouldn't be one of those either.
: If the overseas activities are merely incidental to its Australian : operations, or minor in extent and importance, an institution or : authority can still meet the ‘in Australia’ requirement."
I think that rules out a fund with its primary purpose being to put more servers in Florida.
-- Tim Starling